Pen and pencil holder.



No. GELZM. Patented Nov. 6, I900 J. T. URBACH G. J. M. KNIGHT. PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

(Application filed July 14, 1900.)

(No Model.)

JOHN TIIEO. URBAOH AND JOHN MIPHLON KNIGHT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,281, dated November 6, 1900.

Application filed July 14, 1900. Serial No. 23,647. (No model) To (0% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN THEO. URBACH and JOHN MIPHLON KNIGHT, citizens of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Holders; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in pen and pencil holders, and pertains to a pen and pencil holder composed of wire and constructed to support a plurality of pens and pencils, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of our invention, showing it applied and supporting the pens or pencils. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached view of the holder. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached view of the holder, showing the pin unclasped. Fig. 4: is a sectional view showing the hook for supporting eyeglasses.

In constructing our invention we use a single piece of wire, which is provided with a pointed end portion a, which constitutes a point to be inserted in the wearing-apparel of the user. At the inner end of this pin portion a is formed a horizontal spring-coil Z), forming a pencil and pen holder, and which is composed of a number of coils, one lying directly above the other and sufficient in number to properly support and clasp a pen or pencil. The stem or body portion 0 extends across from the coil 1') approximately parallel with the pin portion a and has at the opposite end of the portion a a second coil (Z, similar to the coil 19, and which constitutes another pencil and pen supporting and clasping coil. The end of the Wire which constitutes a holder is then formed into a coil 6 at right angles to the coils ban (1 cl, which is adapted to receive the point of the pin a, and the extremity of the wire is formed into a hook f, adapted to catch over the body or stem portion 0 to prevent it from springing away from the stem portion,and thus releasing the point of the pin a, as it would otherwise likely do under any degree of strength, such as would be placed thereon in inserting and removing all pens and pencils from the hoiding-coils. Preferably we form a bend g in the stem portion 0 at a point intermediate the pencil-receiving coils and which prevents the hook f from sliding on the stem portion 0.

In applying the pin the coil 6 is moved outward out of engagement with the point of the pin a. The pin a is then passed through the wearing-apparel of the user-for instance,the vest or c0atand the coil ethen passed around the projecting end of the pin and the hook f is caught over the stem portion a of the holder, forming an eyeglasssupport.

From this description it will be seen that We have provided a holder which when it is once applied will not accidentally become detached and will be held firmly in position and one which is adapted to receive a plurality of pencils, one at each end of the holder, with an intermediate hook for supporting a pair of eyeglasses.

A holder constructed as herein shown and described is simple and cheap to produce and yet very effective for the purpose intended.

The holder can be attached, if desired, at the upper edge of,but inside,the pocket of the vest or coat of the wearer, so that the pencils and pens will extend into the pocket of the wearer and out of sight.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pen or pencil holder composed of a single piece of wire and consisting of a stem portion having at each end ahorizontally-projecting pencil-receiving coil, the end of the wire extending from one end of the coil constituting a pin, and the end of the wire extending from the other coil provided with a pin-receiving member, and the extremity of the pin-receiving member formed into a hook adapted to catch over the stem portion, substantially as described.

2. A pen or pencil holder composed of wire and having a pen or pencil receiving coil, a projecting pin, a pin-receiving member, the

pin-receiving member provided with a hook a hook, the stem portion provided with an in- 10 adapted to catch over the stem portion of the termediate bend, substantially as described.

holder, substantially as described. I In testimony whereof We affix our signa- 3. A pen or pencil holder comprisingastem tnres in presence of two Witnesses.

5 portion having at each end a pen or pencil JOHN THEO. URBAOH.

receiving coil, the end of the Wire extending JOHN MIPHLON KNIGHT. from one coil constituting the pin and the end Witnesses: of the Wire projecting from the other coil pro- JERE. L. BOYD, vided with a pin-receiving member carrying I HENRY A. KUSSMAUL. 

